Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er if for no other reason than er if the compensation scheme was to be made retrospective to include the victims of the Maxwell fraud , it would at least erm restore some public confidence in the in the pensions industry . |
| 2 | Let us suppose that it was somehow possible to banish the feelings which give rise to such ugly behaviour in human beings . |
| 3 | However , the problems facing peasant producers are not only economic but also political given the control traditionally exercised by the PRI . |
| 4 | How absurd to see the works of William Penn in flaming scarlet , and George Fox 's Journal in Bishop 's purple ! |
| 5 | Market saturation caused a subsequent downturn as working-class wage levels proved too low to enable the market to be extended further . |
| 6 | She felt guilty accepting the money , but took it gratefully . |
| 7 | So extensive became the control of the catholic sector , both primary and secondary , that priests had extensive powers of dismissal over the teachers until the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | Using an expert system ( ES ) , it is possible to acquire the knowledge/expertise from experts and make it always available , i.e. to the less skilled servicing personnel . |
| 9 | The policy thus ensured the Woodvilles , and indeed Gloucester , a continuing place in government and makes it unnecessary to see the events of April 1483 in terms of an immediate power struggle . |
| 10 | The policy thus ensured the Woodvilles , and indeed Gloucester , a continuing place in government and makes it unnecessary to see the events of April 1483 in terms of an immediate power struggle . |
| 11 | Kozlenkov Junior sold the picture to one Itela Sunguza in Moscow in 1985 , and in 1987 , the picture appeared in West Germany , on consignment to a Berlin antique shop specialising in Russian icons and silver , priced at DM150,000 . |
| 12 | ‘ But this contravened a beef farmer 's right to claim the premium subject to a two month retention period and overall stocking limits . |
| 13 | The latter is of interest only in that he still manages to stay alive given the muck he is reported to pour daily into his ailing system . |
| 14 | I was deeply disappointed that neither the hon. Member for Tooting , in a 40-minute speech , nor the hon. Member for Hammersmith , except in an intervention , found it possible to acknowledge the contribution made by housing associations . |
| 15 | However , if it is thought that the joint tenancy might be severed ( and there might be good matrimonial or tax planning reasons for this ) it is preferable to include the enlargement of powers as in Precedent 34 for otherwise the trustees of the conveyance may not have power to mortgage or charge the property ( see Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 , s8 ) . |
| 16 | Health workers , councillors and union leaders are all due to attend the meeting in Dovercourt on March 22 and they want Dr Davison to attend . |
| 17 | He had arranged for the ‘ leaking ’ of a letter he had circulated to all the delegates due to attend the presidential election in Paris on October 9 . |
| 18 | Globe-trotting Ray and Mark Hanna are due to attend the November airshow at Auckland , New Zealand , where they will fly some NZ-based warbirds . |
| 19 | Examination papers should be approved four months before students are due to sit the examination and centres should allow three months for the moderation process ( to allow for any resubmission ) . |
| 20 | Even by the beginning of the Cambrian period , when fossils start to become easy to find and many different kinds of animals had acquired preservable hard parts , it is possible to classify the fossils found in the rocks into broadly similar groups . |
| 21 | It was also possible to classify the States of Europe according to their ability to wage war , whether on their own or with the help of subsidies and other encouragements from their more powerful neighbours . |
| 22 | Professional chemists are very suitable for this type of study ; it is possible to classify the types of work carried out , and other aspects of each job held over the career , in a clear and systematic way . |
| 23 | Moreover , the responsibility to implement will itself affect the earlier stages of project promotion and analysis through the way those due to implement the project expect to be rewarded or punished . |
| 24 | The lack of any programme for changing the industry is all the more striking given the obstacles that the likes of John Davis persistently put in their way . |
| 25 | Mr Kinnock indicated yesterday that , even if Labour became the majority government , he would make a strong appeal for consensus inside and outside Parliament and move away from the ‘ confrontational ’ politics of the past 13 years . |
| 26 | As with chariots , when you are firing at a War Wagon with a stone thrower , or any other weapon which has a template to represent its effect , it is possible to hit the horses , the War Wagon , or the crew depending on the position of the template . |
| 27 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 28 | Associated British Ports , which owns Southampton , Hull and Cardiff , believes that a Channel Tunnel strategy is unnecessary given the overall prospects for growth of trade within and beyond Europe . |
| 29 | Opposing proposals to import a further 5 million tonnes of coal , he presented evidence that this was both unnecessary given the trends of productivity and costs within British Coal , and damaging to long-term energy policy since it would lead to pit closures and the sterilization of up to 150 million tonnes of coal reserves . |
| 30 | Is it possible to arrange the search space such that these conditions do not arise ? |